PMID- 27531309 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170512 LR - 20171215 IS - 1873-3468 (Electronic) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 590 IP - 18 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Extracellular pH regulates autophagy via the AMPK-ULK1 pathway in rat cardiomyocytes. PG - 3202-12 LID - 10.1002/1873-3468.12359 [doi] AB - Various pathological conditions contribute to pH fluctuations and affect the functions of vital organs such as the heart. In this study, we show that in rat cardiomyocytes, acidic extracellular pH (pHe) inhibits autophagy, whereas alkaline pHe stimulates it. We also find that adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and Unc-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1) are very sensitive to pHe changes. Furthermore, by interfering with AMPK, mTOR or ULK1 activity, we demonstrate that the AMPK-ULK1 pathway, but not the mTOR pathway, plays a crucial role on pHe-regulated autophagy and cardiomyocyte viability. These data provide a potential therapeutic strategy against cardiomyocyte injury triggered by pH fluctuations. CI - (c) 2016 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. FAU - Zhao, Liping AU - Zhao L AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Cui, Lin AU - Cui L AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Jiang, Xupin AU - Jiang X AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhang, Junhui AU - Zhang J AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhu, Minghua AU - Zhu M AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Jia, Jiezhi AU - Jia J AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhang, Qiong AU - Zhang Q AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhang, Jiaping AU - Zhang J AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Zhang, Dongxia AU - Zhang D AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. dxzhangswh@163.com. FAU - Huang, Yuesheng AU - Huang Y AD - Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China. yshuangtmmu@163.com. LA - eng PT - Letter PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160901 PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Protons) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (ULK1 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.31 (AMP-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - *Autophagy MH - Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Extracellular Space/*chemistry MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/*metabolism MH - *Protons MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - Unc-51-like kinase 1 OT - adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase OT - autophagy OT - cardiomyocytes OT - pH EDAT- 2016/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/13 06:00 CRDT- 2016/08/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/08/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/13 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/1873-3468.12359 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 2016 Sep;590(18):3202-12. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12359. Epub 2016 Sep 1.